Much of the tech industry -- though CTA was silent -- blasted the Trump administration Tuesday for announcing it plans to go ahead with 25 percent Trade Act Section 301 tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports. The products affected won’t be known until the U.S. Trade Representative's office releases its final tariffs list by June 15. Tariffs will be imposed “shortly thereafter,” said the White House.
FCC Comr. Martin stuck to a script in a press breakfast Thurs., discussing the need for more action to encourage broadband buildout, but offering little guidance about the FCC’s next steps now that the FCC’s Triennial Review Order (TRO) has been overturned by the U.S. Appeals Court, D.C. Martin told reporters he couldn’t offer specifics about the FCC’s plans on the TRO issue. He repeated his Tues. statement that he and Comrs. Copps and Adelstein favored taking the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.